Yuri Nosenko: Double Agent

Yuri Nosenko: Double Agent is a 1986 American–British television drama produced by the BBC[1][2][3] and directed by Mick Jackson.

Yuri Nosenko: Double Agent
Written byStephen Davis
Directed byMick Jackson
Starring
Music byPeter Howell
Production
Executive producerDavid Elstein
Producers
CinematographyDavid Feig
EditorJim Latham
Running time89 minutes
Production companyHBO Showcase
Original release
NetworkHBO
Release7 September 1986 (1986-09-07)

This film tells the true-life story of Yuri Nosenko, a top Soviet KGB agent who defected to the West at the height of the Cold War in 1964.

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Three months after the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Soviet KGB officer Yuri Nosenko defected to the CIA claiming to have been Lee Harvey Oswald's case officer, handler or contact. It resulted in a 3-year battle of wits between Nosenko and high-flying career US Government agent Steve Daley with the power politics inside the CIA.[4]

Cast

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Production

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The film was originally produced as Double Image, episode 23 of season 2 of the British anthology series Screen Two, broadcast 6 April 1986.

References

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  1. ^ "Picks and Pans Review: Yuri Nosenko, Kgb".
  2. ^ ROSENBERG, HOWARD (5 September 1986). "'Yuri': On The Edge And in the Dark". Los Angeles Times.
  3. ^ (U.S.), Center for the Study of Intelligence; Vaart, Andres (1 February 2010). Studies in Intelligence, Journal of the American Intelligence Professional, V. 53, No. 4 (December 2009): Journal of the American Intelligence Professional. Government Printing Office. ISBN 9780160849442 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Panorama newspaper TV Highlights; 16/03/1987; Page 7
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